Spontaneous Monotony

According to the BBC, there are three newly-discovered Internet Explorer bugs which are already being exploited by malicious hackers. Microsoft’s response? Wait until their monthly update on 11th April – until then don’t go on any infected websites (which could potentially be any website) or open any infected emails (which could potentially be any email). In other words, if you’re an IE user you’re screwed for the next 15 days.

I normally hate to say I told you so, but when incidents like this occur on a regular basis you wonder why anyone is still using Internet Explorer, which is the computer security equivalent of leaving a high-performance car unlocked, unalarmed, with all the doors open, in an unpleasant part of town in the middle of the night.

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UPDATE: Microsoft feel that it is justifiable to leave their users without protection until April 11th. Two third party developers beg to differ, and have released their own unofficial patches. Typical Microsoft efficiency for ya!

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